The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29
1CLE RUFUS IN LONDON.
HAS A HOTEL EXPERIENCE
WEIGH OPENS HIS EYES.

ovai to the Lana Oh Nou9AIAo - "a
Eato, Where Everyone Wants Tips.
..snondence of the Netg York star.
oypoy. April s.-What should the
Il, o,,,ved Americans do i'll London!
~ should 90 to the Hotel Metropole IN the
;ns+ance 1t costs 75c. for two to drive
l., +be railway depot in four-wheeler,
r. vour packages overhead, to this hotel
4 ~, tho distance is about three miles, the
4 &C if is called, is not very large, 1t is
t. osc on the dollar of what it would
|, 20 drive around New York city. This
rood start; things look very fine and
fn+ure most favorable. But when you
|, from the cab at the hotel business be-
K A gentleman in livery opens the
A. GLASS door for you-a tip of I'd. A
III door swings open-another I'd. You
f. the hall and the head porter takes
zoe of your baggage-tip, Is. The hall
4 9magnificent size, with Egyptian mar
Columns and everything to remind peo~
Of extreme extravaganza. You go to
sTonartels and give your name, request
/ a room. Two or three gentlemen are in
kondsnce-all tips. They refer you to the
<ber's office, where you deposit your val
6ins rs a security that you do not leave
rrettinr to pay your bill. You are
s;9gned q room, and if you want to make
1 fbor INQUIRIES you are sent to the bureau
Entelligpnce. IF you suffer from want
knowledge you find it there, provided you
down one or two shillings Each day
ascend TO YOUR rooms. The elevator
H. in snch cases expects not less than Cd.
In an American, but readily takes 3D..
In an Englishman. All these people are
III nolite and have no airs. Your rooms
4 cbean enough. but if you want a fire
4 are charged for it. You are charged for
6dino nm the clock and for flowers that
4, do not want. If stranger comes in
rs charged %. for hanging up his hat and
IN in the cloak room if you hang your
"a pretty high, 3D., and both very high,
| Everything goes very well until you
4 your bill. tried this for three days,
A concluded that a smaller village than
btel MetrCpole would suit me. Taking it
/ in all. it is the finest hotel l have ever
In in, and have been in not few In my
rty years pilgrimage. II they would
ly lump it and say your bill was SO much,
III would then know where you stood.
I ere is one advantage about this hotel that
must not fail to mention. You can come
lounge around and look swell, pretend
4 that you are living there, as a good
ANY Americans do, or you can hang about
4 the sidewalk in fine weather and show
= ur connection with the place. 1t Is said
ht none but Americans and fools travel IN
kt-class carriages. 1t would be safe to say
III none but Americans and fools stopped
I this hotel more than once, and yet they
! do it Just the same. The next thing you
: after getting fairly located here is to go
i Toole's theatre. 1t is real good to work
| sea-sckness Mr.. TOOle is the butler and
1hrries the cook, all in the funniest way
Imaginable. You laugh at the commence
1ent, laugh through the piece and laugh
hen you get home, simply because there IS
3n, innocent fun, with no vulgar1ty nor
fofanity in every dialogue in the piece.
ben you must go and see Henry Irving IN
Faust He does not amount to so much
! this play as he does in Others of his stock
|eces: but Ellen Terry is as sweet 'Mau-
krite" as a human being ever ought to be.
BIZ mounting of the piece is beyond any
ling ever before seen in America or Eng
BAD. | have no hesitation in hazarding this
tiaion, and think the American people
Bill agree with me if Henry Irving ever
bosses the raging deep with Faust" Irving
a most gentlemanly Mephistopheles,"
BID trips around in a dainty way, but it is
plen Terry and the scenery that draws
N Having seen Faust" a man should go
ext to Billingsgate, the place of ancient,
@hSavory reputation. l happened to be
here one morning at 5 O'Clock q had not
Pen dining out the previous night. The
6h business at Billingsgate is a big affair.
<aronesS Burdett-COutts runs several steam
rs with fish to this place, and two were in
p the morning | visited it, with an excep-
+onally large supply. About 700 tons OF
.sh were landed from Norway and Sweden,
Re North sea and the east coast of England.
the average is from $50 to 200 tons day.
ferhaps the very large supply on the morn
pg visited it was to show an American
Fhat they could do when they tried. The
earket is Of course wholesale, and from
Plllngsgate the fish are scattered all over
(he city OF 100000 mouths, and even sent
70 inland markets
Each box of fish is supposed to weigh
fnout lOO pounds, and the average price is
Pbout lSS. to POS. per box. The people do
POI get the article at that price, however,
FORA est End retail fishmonger will charge
from Is, to Is. cd. per pound for it. If the
l,Si are not up to the mark they are con-
IeIlhed and the morning | was there two
goes Went to the fertilizing fraternity.
= very large proportion of the arrivals is
eoM at auction to retailers. Billingsgate
'isel TO swear vilely; the very name is syn
Sn!mous with vulgar abuse. But things
ttUye changed. All the time / was there
cl4 not hear one rude or profane word. /
NIlted to know the reason, and very
t4e, communicative custom house officer
|toQ me that the police would allow no pro-
PANTY nor vulgarity, and few arrests have
|luI II down. If you are fair with the cab
Plel they will take their money and thank
sgu instead of swearing, as they did even
"n5h was over in 1872. Swearing has
soIe out OF fashion. You will not hear il
L. lhe streets or i'll the clubs 1t isn't the
i~iect thing among gentlemen to swear.
.4 snort, 1t is bad form and there's an end
IT. the heavy swearing in London al
teelC beng let out to a certain class OF
erlcans But to ramble back to Billings
AGAIN The stevedores who carry the fish
o 'Ssore rom the boats to the quay will walk
~ Sa. WIN from $50 to POO pounds ON Their
c ce@Is ana backs as easily as our people will
TadGy ;nlty pounds. Their pay per day OF
wI sA ~ ~ about 4Oc. or Coo. on the dollar OF
ir aO tlie Stevedore in New York gets. Bill
cog Sooe y close corporation, and as q
yon1 uehce the members make a pretty
Ss, u vliilg out OF it. Fish statesmen are rich
Tbo oi ~ transfer their stalls for big sums.
In me rI BANK OF England is ''the old woman
M e't'lneedlc street." and it is a very
E~ r,J name. She is one of the biggest
natianSS mat ever existed. She is not q
lin, 0'iT W. hahk at all, but a private corpora
On, han W rd men the Bank of England started
G1, Ier room was about forty feet square.
SSouid judge. Now she covers three acres
ro, h's twenty-six directors and a chair.
r5 G,., BESIDES her cashier, ANA her livery ard
rirJJ' Pe mold potent sway over the British
loat ger printing press is well enough tc
nn.I az Dut u does not amount TO mncl